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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-12-30
PERSONAL MENTION.

The Baroness Burdett- Coutts has Just re
csfved bequest Of %, 000, 900 from . relative.
James r. Randall, who wrote shy Mary.
land Is about to return to Maryland 70
live.
Lord Harrington, the English Tory leader,
has ordered dozen carpet sweepers from
Grand Rapids, Mich.
Queen Victoria keeps always In her private
apartment statuette of the lamented John
Brown, which goes wherever the Queen her
self travels It's usual place Is on her private
writing desk
Mrs. Mary Mcmahon, Of Vineland, N. J., Is
building house, and the popularity Is that
she is doing all the work herself, acting a.
architect, carpenter, plasterer and day
laborer. She is 20 years old.
Elder Evans, the well known Shaker leader.
Is man of extremely simple tastes When
visiting an artists studio in New York city
be was invited to remain to tea. He agreed
to do so If his hostess could furnish him with
brown bread and hot water. This was all he
wanted for supper.
Charles Dickens, the younger. was over
come by the grandeur Of Niagara falls. He
said, as he gazed upon the cataract: "Why,
this Is something awful Ny father, In his
American Notes. speaks Of Niagara as q
place of peace and rest Idon't see what be
0ouiu 1 14 Oeen thinking about. Peace and
NY - ine - = one OF aD1ect terror
I us. Gertrude gladden., OF Philadelphia, i
Diooning httie woman OF 81, and yet she
n,as zen Twice a WiooW and Is grandmother.
% w. married "nen sne was 10 ana when
-. ne - sne no1ner Oh NICE lutte glri baby
AZ - sno mas WIDOW. AT - she married
asaln, ana on Inc same day her daughter,
s snsn ~ ysa,s o,o, married SIX months
.assr ene Iosner became the second time
n "ta1", aiiu : lew weeks ago pecamea grand
o, Us. Daley, "ile OF the editor OF The Utica
cpserVer' Is one OF tine lew women who have
lnsenIeo anyIning OF mechanical nature.
one mas recently devised and patented an ar
ngslnent % pc attached to hospital beds,
py means Of winch patient is enabled toraise
anu to''er nlInsen without the assistance of q
nurss.
The quaint Brooklyn hunorist in proae
and poetry, 81 Slocum, Is an old sea dog who
knows the life. of Jack tar from the fore
castle to the topmast, and often takes
occasion to breast the stormy waves in .
pilot boat. He has no other name than 81
Slocum. In looks he is not unlike Abraham
Lincolnis favorite humorist, Petroleum v.
Nasty, though he is younger man.
John u. and Will;an, Rao,,aea,,.r a. IA
millionairaa favor sI,o,., - ~.
for Themselves and thai; olo,l,.e VIM ~. !.
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BRIEF BITS OF NEWS.

The Hinsdale, MINI, rioters were each
nned so and oostA
The national depositories now have ON
deposit as, 020, sos Of government funds.
For the last fiscal year New York has
AZ per cent. Of the entire exports Of the
United States.
1t Is semi-ofiicially announced that the
Chicago extension Of the Atchison road
will not be open for business much be-
fore March l.
1t Is reported that $1,000 troops are
massed at Bender, in Bessarabia, and
that guns and munitions Of war are con-
stantly arriving there.
Governor Hughes, Of Arkansas, has re-
fused to commute the death sentence Of
Albert Peters, who is to be hanged ct
Marianne, Ark, next Friday.
The leather workers In session at Buff
falo have adopted the name National
District of Leather Workers of the United
States and Canada" for their associa-
ton.
Smith has replied to Sullivan's chal-
lenge that he is ready to fight Sullivan
after the latter's match with Mitchell for
any amount of money Sullivan chooses to
name.
Mexico has granted a concession to q
steamship line to ply between New York,
New Orleans, Vera Cruz, and all Next
can ports. with q subsidy of 81, 900 the
round trip.
The board of railroad and warehouse
commissioners Of Illinois yesterday or
dered a reduction in freight rates on ag-
ricultural implements ranging from 10
90 per cent
The Litchfeld, Mimi, city council has
voted to grant licenses TO six saloon
keepers for the whole Of next year, in
spite of the state law which makes all Il
censes expire in May.
The assessed valuation Of Sioux City
real estate is So, 53S, 900; personal prop
erty $1,278, 600 The assessment Is
made on the basis Of one third the actual
valuation, which would make the total
valuation Of Woodbury. county $50, 478,-
600.
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NoRTHwEsrERN WHEAT.

Estimate of the Amount of Wheat stilI 20
Come Into Commercial Channels.
ST. PAUL, Dec. 30.-The wheat in
northwestern railway elevators, outside
of stocks at Duluth, st. Paul and Mime
apolis, is estimated by the St Paul Pho
neer Press at 100000 bushels The
wheat crop in 1887 in Minnesota and Da-
kota is estimated at $4,000, 900 bushels,
being 10000, 900 bushels more than the
estimate at the close of harvest. There
are estimated besides in farmers hands
to come into commercial channels II,
0000, 900 bushels. This makes an aggre-
gate of 80, 600, 900 bushels still to come
forward, which is entirely outside of the
official visible wheat.
cBICAGO'S NATURAL GAS.
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eoyERNoR MARMApukE.s ruNERAL


Five Ex-Governors and Five Judges to BE
the Honorary Pali-Bearers.
ST.. Louis, Dec s0,-The funeral Of
Governor Marmaduke win take place
from the governors mansion at Jefferson
City, at 2:S0 p. m. Saturday. The HON
orary pall-bearers will be Ave ex-goyer-
nors of the state, Governor Moorehouse
and the Ave judges of the supreme court.
The active pall-bearers win be eight
personal friends from different parts
Of the state. Bishop Tuttle,
of the Episcopal church, will
probably officiate. "A salute of
seventeen guns viii be fired at sunrise
Saturday morning, according to the mill
itia regulations Of the state. Prominent
men from all sections of the state will be
present at the funeral. Lieutenant-Goy-
ernor Moorehouse was sworn in as gov
ernor at noon Thursday. The state off,
GERS held meeting and adopted resolu-
tons paying high tribute to the many
good qualities of the deceased and ex
tending sympathy to his family.
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LAKE NAvIaArToN CLOSED.

The Season Ended by the Arrival OF the
Steamer Camp on It's Last Trip.
DULUTH, Dec. S0.-The season of navi-
cation on Lake Superior was closed last
night by the arrival Of the small steamer
Camp from Port Arthur laden with fresh
fish. The Camp started for Port Arthur
about two weeks ago, and has been out
in all the bad weather since that time.
It was the fifty-fourth trip made by the
Camp to Port Arthur this season, and
though the lakewill probably not be
frozen sufficient to interfere with naviga-
ton for some time, it Il deemed best to
make no more trips.
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outgrown lts oId sheIl.

DENVER, Col, Dec. 3d. Rocky
Mountain News, the pioneer newspaper
Of the Rocky Mountain region, removed
last night to it's new building. Its former
Office was the Oldest building in the city,
and it had occupied it for twenty-one
years. When the initial number Of the
News was issued Denver consisted of
four log houses and several hundred
tents This was i'd April, 1859
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ICE ooRaEs CoA1srrNCr.
An Immense One a. St. Louis Creates
nrehensson Sor staan,bo.. x,.on.,.,,

prehension for Steamboat Property.
81. LOUIS, Dec. S0.-The gorge below
here still holds fast and the backed-up
ice has frozen solidly TO point several
miles above the city The water has
risen in the harbor about three feet, and
ferries win resume their trips as soon as
passage can be cleared opposite the city.
There Is good deal of steamboat prop
erty at the levee, and apprehension Il
already felt for its safety. The weather
has moderated good deal, but it freezes
hard yet, and the present gorge Ii likely
to last for some time.
RAREsETT hrTiRnEE CASE
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SERIOUS TO THE \. p.

The Manitoba Makes Another stride
Towards the Pacific.
DULUTH, Dec. 30, = Rumors have
reached here that the Seattle, Lake Shore
& Eastern railroad, now under construc-
ton on the Pacific coast, has been pur-
chased by James J. Hill, and will be in
corporated into the Manitoba sys-
tenn. This is regarded as serious for
the Northern Pacific interests, and has
caused not little excitement, as it re-
wives talk Of the Manitoba's proposed line
from Crookston to Duluth, necessary to
make the road complete
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CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.

Call Issued for Meeting Of the Dakota
constitutional Convention Jan. o.
HURON, D. t., Dec. SOFA call, signed
by A. J. Edgerton, president, and John
Cain, secretary of the constitutional con-
vention of Dakota has been prepared
and win be issued Friday adj
dressed to all members Of the
constitutional convention calling them
together here at noon Monday, Jan. 8,
1888. The call is made In pursuance of q
resolution passed at q meeting OF the
convention here last June, and sets
forth the object Of the coming meeting
TO be TO consider important matters
growing out of the late election on d.
vision.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-12-30
A Broken RAN.

ALMA, Mich, Dec. SO.-The south
bound passenger train on the Toledo, Ann
Arbor s. Northern Michigan railroad was
thrown from the track here by broken
rail. The baggage and smoking cars
were overturned, but no one was seri-
ously hurt. A few passengers were cut
and bruised by crawling out of the win
dows
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The farms of Corriemullie in Ross-shiro,
England, which extend TO upward of fifteen
thousand acres, are to be converted into q
deer forest A short time ago twenty fami-
lies were living ON the land which is now to
be cleared for the exclusive occupation Of
red deer. Corriemulhe belongs to the trus-
tees of the late Mr.. Ross, of Pitcalnia--
Chicago Times
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RELIGIOUS GLEANlNes,

Rev. Hugh o. Pentecost, who resigned his
pastorate at Newark, N. j., announces that
he win organize an independent church
The Lutheran church in the United States
has made decided advance IN the last
twenty years, and now ranks in membership,
churches and ministers fourth among the
Protestant denominations
The churches in the Presbyterian synod Of
Illinois have reached high water mark In
contributions to foreign missions, the sum
being 58,549, or at tho rate OF $50 per
member. Ten years ago the amount wns
only equal 10 forty-avs esnts Per member.
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Remains Of a Monster.

8. r. Dawson, Of Percy, Iowa, claims 20
have discovered the petrifed remains Of .
huge monster on the bank Of the Des Moines
river there The body. without the head, is
forty feet long, and nine feet from the tail ID
is four feet five inches wide. The head is
broken of, and was found lying separate
from the body. The general appearance Of
the deposit is that Of darkish blue stone
turning grayish ON the outside, but there is .
quartz formation where the blood vessels and
intestinal canal would have been. New York
aun
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Analysis by Chemist Leads to the Be
lief That # Comes From Decomposins
Vegetable Natters-
CHICAGO, Dec. 3O.-The natural gas
that is supposed to come from the bottom
of Lake Michigan through pipe in
Cookies brewery, still flows and burns.
quantity of the gas bottled directly
from the pipe was analysed by Mr.. Soren
Mathison, a chemist, who says that it is,
apparently gas from decomposed vege-
table matters. Mr.. Mathison, while be-
heving that the gas now flowing is pro
duced by suction from the decaying garb
age and vegetable matter at the bottom
of the lake, writes Mr.. Cooke that he
hopes he will be table to obtain gas
enough to supply the wants of fuel and
Illumination for this city and thereby be
its benefactor''
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Not Making Converts.

WIEoSA, Dec. 30.-Clarence MoeIler,
of New York, state organizer of the
United Labor party, does not meet with
encouragement here. Among the knights
of Labor, where he looked for hundreds
of converts, his doctrines are received
with suspicion and without sympathy.
Only Eve or six attended his meeting to
listen TO his arguments.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-12-30
Mound BuiIders, skeletons.

A large vault with walls of stone and
filed with skeletons of human beings has
been discovered in an Indian mound which
overioolzs the Missouri river from hill near
jefferson City, Mo. The skeletons are
thought to be the remains Of the ancient
mound builders, although the remarkable
state Of preservation in which they are found
would indicate that they are Of more recent
date. New York Evening World.
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yvi.cousin rrnvelIne Non Orranir.

MADISON, Wis, Dec. so. "A large num-
Der OF knights Of the Grip, from all parts
Of the state, met at the Park hotel Thurs
day night and organized a Wisconsin
Commercial Travellers association, with
headquarters here. Il is to be benevo-
lent society, to which all commercial
travellers IN the state are eligible.
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why Not Eliminate the fsest :

MADISON, Wis, Dec. S0.-Reports have
been presented to the State Teachers as
ISOLATION, in session here, among which
Is to be found one fayoring the elimina-
ton of the subjects of longitude and
time, exchange and compound interest
equation of payments, coupled problems
In interest, measurement in pyramids
and cones, and involution and evolution.
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Mexican Editors. Complaint.

Mexican editors complain Of the arrest in
Texas Of some Of their countrymen for VIC
lating the congressional enactment against
the importation of laborers under contract,
claiming that the Mexicans crossed the Rio
Grande at the request Of American farmers
and planters to assist them in their harvest,
az has been customary for years, and that,
although paid for their services, they were
not In competition with any American work
men. Chicago News
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Color. Of street Lamps.

Il may be necessary for our policemen to
undergo tests for color blindness II the colors
Of the street lamps are multiplied On Fifth
avenue, for instance, blaze the golden gas
Lights, the diamond glitteiing arc lights, the
red lights indicating the FIRE alarm boxes and
the green lights Of the police patrol signal
boxes. New York Tribune
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Afraid of Norquay.

OTTAWA, Ont, Dec. S0.-Grave doubts
are entertained in political circles here Of
Dr.. Harrison's abilities to carry out his
newly formed government in Manitoba.
There is general mistrust of Messrs.
Norquay and Lariviers-in Conservative
circles, notwithstanding their promise to
support the new administration.
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WHISKY rRusr PRosPERs.


The Concefn Modelled After the Standard
OIL Company---Fifteen Million Dollars
In Certificates Issued.
NEW YORK, Dec 30.-The Whisky
trust" appears to be prospecting, over
$i5, GOO, 900 having been issued in certifl-
Gates. The methods by which this trust
has been formed are rather peculiar. It
is organized after the style OF the Stand
ard OIL company. A blank is furnished
a distiller, on which is tabulated every
thing that distillery is supposed to have
He fills this blank, and delivers 1t to the
president and secretary of the trust. A
committee visits the establishment and
investigates, and determines whether or
not he has listed his property honestly
He is then rendered the amount In certi-
fioafaa
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WNEPEe, Dec. 90. Senator schultz
one Of the Oldest settlers in the Red rivsr
district, has been appointed lieutenant
governor Of Manitoba. and Joseph Royal,
member from Provencher IN the pomin-
iop parliamsnt, governor Of the RuDth-
west Territorial
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HE WAS NOT THE MAN.
The Inventor Baboook stn Alive--aud =
Rich Man.

Rich Man.
New YORK, Dec. 3G.-The World says:
The dispatch from San Francisco stating
that the inventor Of 1.-The Babcock Ere ex-
tinguisher had died there in an aims
house, is incorrect. Charles F. Hayward,
Of this city, who owns the Babcock fire
extinguisher patent, says this same man
gained similar notoriety three years ago
when he entered the California aims
house, but that he is not the inventor Of
the extinguisher or any relation to him.
Charles F. Babcock, a chemist, they say,
invented the Babcock extinguisher in
1867. The inventor is still alive, and is
supposed to be rich nan.
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nARRETT afuRDER CASE.
witnesses Give Henry the Reputation .
Being Communists Liar.

MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 30.--In the Barrett
case John Long testified that he had
acted as attorney for Henry Barrett, and
said; 81 would not believe him under
oath, If it were not for his interest to tell
the truth He has told me number Of
things and then went on the stand and
told different story John Lally and
others testified in q like strain When
Peter Barrett was placed on the stand he
denied all accusations made by Henry
which connected either Tim or himself
with the murder.
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Indiana "a I.nrrarn.

MISNEAPoLIs, Dec. 3d. Col t. j. She
han, the Indian agent at White Earth, is
in the city negotiating with prominent
lumbermen for the utilization Of Indian
labor in that business. He reports that
preparations are being made to move the
Leech Lake indians to the White Earth
agency.
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wand one Tarln araintained.

CLoyERDALE, Cal, Dec 30.-The wool
growers and wool dealers Of Sonoma and
Mendocino counties, at q meeting adopted
resolutions appealing to congress to
maintain the present tariff; indorsing the
views Of the National Wool Growers as
ISOLATION, and favoring cooperation with
them
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DIsGUsTED KNIGHTS.

A Thousand Members Leave the Order
Rather Than Strike.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 30.-Local Assem-
bly, No. 1925, K. of L., comprising all
the men in this city engaged In the pas
senger service on the Reading railroad,
including telegraph operators, and num-
bering 1000 men, has surrendered it's
charter and disbanded They preferred
10 leave the order rather than obey the
order to strike, which they expect to re-
ceive
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A PoIiceman,s Racket.

WATERTowE, d. T.. Dec 30.-Cbarles
o. Carpenter, chief Of the night police OF
Watertown, has been suspended, charged
with carrying keys TO saloons and selling
liquor after the places had been closed for
the night The council win hold an in
vaati0akion
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United states Hospital Companv.

MADISON, Wis, Dec. S0.-The United
States Hospital company, Merrill, Lincoln
county, has fled articles of association
with the secretary's Office, with capital
stock Of 500, 600. The incorperators are.
Edward N. Wilson, B. f. Wilson, II. @.
Worthington, Leslie Wilson and ]. r.
Wilson.
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Alexander Hamilton.s place.

Alexander Hamilton's place, whence ths
famous Federafist went forth 10 fight his fatal
duel, has just been cut up into lots, and win
soon contain ninety houses built for busy
New Workers - Chicago Herald
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NEW MEXICAN RAILWAY.
Right Of Way for q Mexican Road Granted
to an American.

FL PAso, Tex, Dec. 30.--William H.
McWood, San Francisco capitalist, re-
turned yesterday from the City Of Mex
leo with papers for one of the largest
concessions ever granted by the Mexican
government The new line will be some
what circular, forming belt line that
viii tap one of the largest and richest
mining regions in the world, getting at
all the ore on the Pacific slope Of the
Sierra Madres, which Is now packed long
distances ON burros. Work is to be be-
gun in May, and will require three or
four years for completion.
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CINCINNATI, Ohio, Dec. 30.--It is an
nounced here with the greatest confidence
that Ives, backed by the Smiley Brick
and Marble company and Thomas O'Neil,
has again secured control Of the Cincin-
natl. Hamilton & DAYTON railroad,
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EVANGELIST sANkEY.
England, Scotland and Ireland TO Ne the
Scene of His Labors Next year.

Scene Of His Labors Next Year.
NEW YORK, Dec. 8O.-The celebrated
evangelist, Ira B. sankey, will reach
here Saturday or Sunday, on the steamer
Germanic, from England. He win rest
here for three weeks and then start on a
trip through the Southern states, holding
revival meetings at all the principal
towns. He viii moi return TO England
until May, when he win inaugurate an
important evangelical movement
throughout England, Scotland, and Iro-
land.
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Quite curiosity In ths shape Of twin
orange e on exhibition at Anthony, Fla. Il
was found In Mr.. Stripiandb grove. Many
old inhabitants say thsy nssss saw anything
Ct he lznA bscosA.
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SHENANDOAH, Penn, Dec. 3O--A fire
in the third lift Of No. mine at Lost
Greek, operated by the Lehigh Valley
Coal company, Thursday, burned to the
surface, destroying over a thousand feet
Of timbered slope, the boiler house and
two hosting engines. Loss, $50, 600 The
mine has not been worked since Septem-
Der, owing to the strike.
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BELGRADE, Dec. s0.-The resignation
Of the ministry has been accepted by
King Milan. The retirement Of NJ. Ris.
tics IL considered . chack 70 Russia.
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F.rru. FalI. H,rb school Rurned

FERGUS FALLS, Mimi, Dec 30.-The
high school building burned here Thurs
day morning. The loss is $50, 600; insur-
ance, 10000. The origin OF the fire is
not known. The building was empty at
the time
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AetiVIfYm RaTIroadInr.

. 81. LOUIS, Mo. Dec 80.--It Is estimated
by the railroad commissioners of Kansas
that by the end of this year the mileage
win equal, IL II does not exceed 5000
miles. Assuming these figures to be cor
rect, the completed mileage Of Kansas
roads has been increased 4, 900 miles, or
doubled, within two years.